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The same ticket prices were charged as elsewhere, based on a fee per kilometer; the low speed combined with a lot of free travelers using InterRail tickets gave little revenue. From 1991, the ticket prices were increased as if the line was 20 kilometers (12 mi) longer. [46] In 1992, a new station building was taken into use at Flåm. [47]
Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with an estimated half a million visitors annually. The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre provides information into the building of the Flåm Railway and the technical challenge facing this engineering work through the use of different exhibitions with text, image and sound. [3] [4]
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Amtrak's Great American Majestic Landscapes. New York City to San Francisco. The U.S. is a vast nation, and visitors or residents can really appreciate its scope with a train trip across its expanse.
It currently receives almost 450,000 visitors a year. Most ride the 20-kilometre (12 mi) Flåm Line between Flåm and Myrdal, one of the steepest railway tracks at 1 in 18 (not counting rack railways) in the world. There are also a few spirals. [8] A former rail station building in Flåm now houses a museum dedicated to the Flåm railway.
Pages in category "Railway stations on the Flåm Line" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Map of the railway lines in Norway. — electrified lines — non-electrified lines — disused or heritage lines . The first railway in Norway was the Hoved Line between Oslo and Eidsvoll and opened in 1854. The main purpose of the railway was to move lumber from Mjøsa to the capital, but passenger service was also offered. In the period ...
(Some of the Flam tourist maps are orientated with South at the top.) The waterfall is located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) northeast of Myrdal Station . During the main tourist season in the summer an actress dressed as a legendary Huldra (a seductive forest creature in Scandinavian folklore) dances and sings in front of the waterfall as the ...